is a six-part Japanese animated film series and a sequel to the 2012 anime series Girls und Panzer and 2015 anime film Girls und Panzer der Film. Produced by Actas and distributed by Showgate, the film series was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima from a script written by Reiko Yoshida and features an ensemble cast from previous installments of the franchise.
The film series follows the students of Ōarai Girls' Academy helping Momo Kawashima with her university entrance by winning the Winter Continuous Track Cup. With Miho Nishizumi demoting to Vice-Commander to give her commanding position to Momo, Ōarai faces and defeats BC Freedom Academy, Chihatan Gakuen, and Keizoku High School, advancing to the finals against St. Gloriana Girls' College, where Alice Shimada transferred.
A sequel project for the franchise was greenlit in August 2016. Although the project was first teased as a standalone film in September 2016, the format was revealed to be a six-part film series in November. The first film in the series was completed four days before its premiere in December 2017. That month, Mizushima began working on the second film, which was completed in June 2019. Production on the third film continued in May 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which was completed in March 2021. Production on the fourth film began in April 2021 and was completed in September 2023. That month, Mizushima began working on the fifth film, which was completed in August 2026. Production on the sixth film began in September 2024.
Four films in the Girls und Panzer das Finale series have been released in Japan since 2017: Part 1 on December 9, 2017, Part 2 on June 15, 2019, Part 3 on March 26, 2021, and Part 4 on October 6, 2023. Part 5 is set to be released on October 9, 2026. The film series has grossed over billion in Japan and received nominations at Newtype Anime Awards and Tokyo Anime Awards Festival.
Films Part 1 As winter arrives, Momo Kawashima is determined to find Ōarai Girls' Academy's missing ninth tank. However, news travels throughout the school that Momo has not been accepted by any universities, resulting in a misleading rumor that she might be held back. Miho Nishizumi and her friends figure that they can get Momo accepted into the same university as Anzu Kadotani and Yuzu Koyama if they can demonstrate that Momo is skilled at Sensha-dō. To achieve this, they name Momo as the commander of Ōarai's tank teams and join the Winter Continuous Track Cup. Anglerfish Team travels below the aircraft carrier's deck to find the tank and wins the challenges set by a delinquent group led by Ogin. Learning of Momo's predicament, Ogin's group decides to join them, forming the Shark Team, to repay their debt to Momo for saving them from expulsion. They also recover the missing Mark IV tank being used as a smokehouse. Ōarai faces off against BC Freedom Academy at the start of the tournament. Yukari Akiyama learns through surveillance that the BC Freedom students are deeply divided between the original students and the high school transfer students, with their commander Marie seemingly oblivious of the situation. Confident that BC Freedom lacks the teamwork for a coordinated defense, Ōarai undertakes a direct attack on their flag tank. However, BC Freedom demonstrates an unexpected esprit de corps and traps Ōarai in a crossfire on a bridge. Ōarai uses Shark Team's tank as a makeshift bridge to escape. BC Freedom and Ōarai retreat following the failed ambush.
Part 2 After escaping BC Freedom's ambush, Ōarai uses Mallard Team's Renault Char B1 and the cover of a bocage's hedgerows to pose as a BC Freedom tank and reignite the quarrel between their students. Exploiting their opponent's temporary confusion, Ōarai takes out Marie's flag tank and wins the match. While on a break before the next match, Saori Takebe accompanies Momo to her home and meets her four siblings and her frail mother. Meanwhile, Chihatan Gakuen, Pravda Girls' High School, Saunders University High School, Kuromorimine Girls' High School, St. Gloriana Girls' College, Anzio Girls' High School, and Keizoku High School advance to the next round. Ōarai's next opponent is Chihatan, which adapts a new set of effective tactics that they learned from Ōarai's examples. Chihatan uses hit-and-run attacks and amphibious assaults to launch numerous ambushes on Ōarai, but the latter forces their retreat after luring them into a trap.
Part 3 After regrouping, Chihatan resumes its hit-and-run attacks on Ōarai. Chihatan's commander Kinuyo Nishi decides to focus on taking out Anglerfish Team to destroy Ōarai's morale. Ōarai tank teams quickly become separated in the confusion and multiple skirmishes take place. Miho decides to turn on her tank's headlight to expose her location and draw all of the Chihatan tanks towards her. As Chihatan celebrates after disabling Anglerfish Team's tank, Turtle Team, Ōarai's flag tank, comes out of hiding and disables Kinuyo's tank, winning the match in the process. In other matches, Kuromorimine defeats Pravda after Erika Itsumi followed Maho Nishizumi's advice and used her tactics that diverge from the school's traditional frontal attack, St. Gloriana easily defeats Anzio, and Keizoku manages to pull an upset victory against Saunders. This leaves Ōarai to face off against Keizoku and Kuromorimine against St. Gloriana in the semifinals. At the outset of the third match, Keizoku uses hit-and-run attacks and guerilla tactics against Ōarai, splitting their forces as a result. As Anglerfish Team protects the Anteater Team, their flag tank, one of the Keizoku's tank team, commanded by the one known as the "White Witch", disables Miho's tank with a single long-range shot.
Part 4 The quick elimination of the Anglerfish Team sinks the morale of Ōarai and sends shockwaves to viewers of the game. Anzu takes an impromptu role as commander to keep the team from falling apart and has their tanks protect the Anteater Team by digging trenches in the snow. After discovering an abandoned underground aqueduct for escape, Azusa Sawa takes over as the new commander when the Turtle Team's tank is taken out by the "White Witch", Jouko. Sawa leads the Ōarai tank teams to weed out Jouko and eliminate her, through baiting tactics. With Sawa's commands, she allows Ōarai tanks to outnumber Keizoku's flagship tank, Mika. However, Mika lures them into a trap, causing both Keizoku's and Ōarai's tanks to plunge down the side of a mountain. As the two teams fight, while sliding down the mountainside, an avalanche takes out all but the Anteater Team and two Keizoku tanks, including Mika. Keizoku chases Ōarai into a village, where they are tricked by a diversion allowing the Anteater Team to eliminate Keizoku's flagship tank and win the match. Meanwhile, Kuromorimine and St. Gloriana face each other in the semifinals. Darjeeling overwhelms Erika, by spreading Kuromorimine's teams apart. Before St. Gloriana can corner Kuromorimine, a sandstorm allows Erika to regroup and bring the match to an even playing field. St. Gloriana then introduces their new transfer student, Alice Shimada, who enacts a decisive blow on Kuromorimine and wins the match, deciding the final match between St. Gloriana and Ōarai.
Cast and staff Voice cast This section includes characters who have appeared in more than two films in the series.
Character Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Ōarai Girls' Academy Miho Nishizumi colspan="4" Margaret McDonald Saori Takebe colspan="4" Jessica Calvello Hana Isuzu colspan="4" Caitlynn French Yukari Akiyama colspan="4" Rebekah Stevens Mako Reizei colspan="4" Molly Searcy Anzu Kadotani colspan="4" Christina Stroup Chelsea McCurdy Yuzu Koyama colspan="4" Serena Varghese Meaghan Avacato Momo Kawashima colspan="4" Elizabeth Maxwell Noriko Isobe colspan="4" Genevieve Simmons Taeko Kondō colspan="4" Kalin Coates Shinobu Kawanishi colspan="4" Cynthia Martinez Akebi Sasaki colspan="4" Carli Mosier Takako Suzuki / Caesar colspan="4" Shannon Emerick Riko Matsumoto / Erwin colspan="4" Luci Christian Kiyomi Sugiyama / Saemonza colspan="4" Joanne Bonasso Tiffany Terrell Takeko Nogami / Oryō colspan="4" Elissa Cuellar Azusa Sawa colspan="4" Allison Sumrall Ayumi Yamagō colspan="4" Savanna Menzel Karina Sakaguchi colspan="4" Monica Rial Yūki Utsugi colspan="4" Maggie Flecknoe Aya Ōno colspan="4" Juliet Simmons Midoriko Sono colspan="4" Tiffany Grant Moyoko Gotō colspan="4" Shelley Calene-Black Nozomi Konparu colspan="4" Emily Neves Reira Nakajima colspan="4" Juliet Simmons Maria Suzuki colspan="4" Brittney Karbowski Keiko Hoshino colspan="4" Chaney Moore Muuton Tsuchiya colspan="4" Luci Christian Mai Nekota / Nekonyā colspan="4" Monica Rial Taki Momose / Momogā colspan="4" Olivia Swasey Aoi Hiyoshi / Piyotan colspan="4" Amelia Fischer Maggie Flecknoe Ogin colspan="4" Dawn M. Bennett Rum colspan="4" Sarah Wiedenheft Murakami colspan="4" Morgan Berry Flint colspan="4" Amber Lee Connors Cutlass colspan="4" Alyssa Marek BC Freedom Academy Marie colspan="3" rowspan="2" Cat Thomas Ando colspan="3" rowspan="2" Alexis Tipton Oshida colspan="3" rowspan="2" Avery Smithhart Jade Kelly St. Gloriana Girls' College Darjeeling colspan="4" Kara Greenberg Orange Pekoe colspan="4" Christina Kelly Assam rowspan="2" colspan="2" Joanne Bonasso Brittney Karbowski Rosehip rowspan="2" colspan="2" Emily Neves Emily Neves Alice Shimada rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Shanae'a Moore Saunders University High School Kay colspan="3" rowspan="2" Emily Neves Naomi rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Shelley Calene-Black Patricia Duran Alisa rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Brittney Karbowski Brittney Karbowski Pravda Girls' High School Katyusha rowspan="2" colspan="2" Hilary Haag Hilary Haag Nonna rowspan="2" colspan="2" Olga Jankowski Shannon Emerick Klara rowspan="2" colspan="2" Sarah Natochenny Christina Kelly Kuromorimine Girls' High School Maho Nishizumi rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Kim Prause Kim Prause Erika Itsumi colspan="4" Katelyn Barr Koume Akaboshi rowspan="2" colspan="3" Melissa Molano Ellen Evans Emi Kozima rowspan="2" colspan="3" Olivia Swasey Anna Iruma colspan="2" rowspan="2" colspan="2" Anzio Girls' High School Anchovy colspan="4" Kira Vincent-Davis Carpaccio colspan="4" Christina Stroup Chelsea McCurdy Pepperoni colspan="4" Christina Kelly Chihatan Gakuen Kinuyo Nishi colspan="4" Alexis Lee Suzie Yeung Chrsity Guidry Tamaki Tamada colspan="4" Chaney Moore Shizuko Hosomi colspan="4" Joanne Bonasso Emi Ikeda colspan="3" rowspan="2" Genevieve Simmons Noriyo Hamada colspan="3" rowspan="2" Monica Rial Whitney Rodgers Tomiko Teramoto colspan="3" rowspan="2" Mai Le Rin Kubota colspan="3" rowspan="2" Emily Neves Haru Fukuda rowspan="2" colspan="3" Terri Doty Setsuko Nagura rowspan="2" colspan="2" rowspan="2" Kara Greenberg Yasoko Nishihara rowspan="2" colspan="2" rowspan="2" Kristen McGuire Keizoku High School Mika colspan="4" Allison Sumrall Lauren Herink Kelly Greenshield Aki colspan="4" Melissa Molano Mikko rowspan="2" colspan="3" Jenny Strader Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Ami Chōno colspan="4" Shelley Calene-Black Chitose Hachiya colspan="2" rowspan="2" colspan="2" Hand-picked University Team Azumi colspan="3" rowspan="2" Melissa Pritchett
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